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Google Scholar—Search for scholarly literature including peer-reviewed papers, technical reports, and books. Results will include links to online articles through our subscriptions, or to search our library catalog.

Mental Measurements Yearbook and Tests in Print [Buros Institute]
This multivolume set includes timely test reviews. Typically, entries include test description, one or two professional reviews, and an extensive list of references
to pertinent literature. To be reviewed in the MMY a test must be commercially available, published
in the English language, and is new, revised, or widely used.

The ETS Test Collection
The Educational Testing Service (ETS) Test Collection contains descriptions of over 20,000
tests and research instruments. There is a short description of each testing instrument along
with availability information.

Searching for Published Scales in databases in ABI/INFORM or PsycINFO
Hint: copy & paste for phrase searching

"Cultural diversity scale"
(e.g., Hofstede's scale)

"Job satisfaction"
(e.g. JDS)

"Learning organization"

"Organizational commitment"

"Organizational effectiveness"

Personality

"Product satisfaction"

Self-efficacy

Self-esteem

"Organization-based Self-esteem"

"task oriented"

"Service Satisfaction"
(e.g. SERVQUAL)

Conflict - affective

person vs. cognitive

Sample Search when the instrument name is not one of the search terms:

Search Terms

Field

"job satisfaction" and studies

Subject

test* or instrument* or survey* or scale*

Citation and abstract

Search Business Journals

Searching key words/concepts notes:

In ABI/INFORM only, search for Experimental/theoretical as follows:
cc(9130) or "empirical research"